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Noise - WD Scorpio Black

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gu4rd1an

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I've recently upgrade my mid 2010 mbp 13" with a wd scorpio black 500gb.
System speed seems really increased but my worries are about noise.
The hitachi hard disk i've removed from the laptop was REALLY SILENT so the difference now it's really noticeable (also speed difference XD) but there's a way to tell OSX to use the hard drive in a "silent way" ? XD

Does I need to disable the sudden motion sensor of the mbp?
 
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I have a 7,200 RPM drive. It's practically as quiet at as my previous one (stock). I'm not sure if there's something wrong with your drive or if it's just Scorpio Blacks.
 
Steve Mobs said:
I have a 7,200 RPM drive. It's practically as quiet at as my previous one (stock). I'm not sure if there's something wrong with your drive or if it's just Scorpio Blacks.
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Yes, i don't know how to check if it's a fail of the drive of the whole scorpio black line

What drive have you bought?
 
gu4rd1an said:
Yes, i don't know how to check if it's a fail of the drive of the whole scorpio black line

What drive have you bought?
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It's that specific drive. I had a couple WD Scorpio Blacks, but the 320GB, and they were silent as can be.
 
Some hard drives like to 'chatter' and it seems this doesn't always mean that the reliability is compromised. The hard drive is just very 'talkative'. If it is annoying, the company will probably replace it or tell you some things to try first before they replace it.
 
smeg36 said:
It's that specific drive. I had a couple WD Scorpio Blacks, but the 320GB, and they were silent as can be.
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I agree… I currently have a 320GB scorpio black in mine and it runs awesome… I had a 500GB Scorpio Black and it ran awesome too! Both just as quiet as the 5400RPM drives. ;-) Take your drive back and get a new one.


- Joe
 
The scorpio black in my Dell E6400 is REALLY loud as well. It sounds like the exhaust fan is constantly running. The Momentus XT I have in my MPB is whisper quiet. Seeing as they'r both 7200rpm drives, it may be that the scorpio is just a loud drive. Before you all say that I should exchange my scorpio, I've already had it replaced. The first one was similarly loud and started to exhibit the click of death after a year =/
 
I have the western digital scorpio black, it is very fast, but also very loud and vibrates a lot, if you don't mind that, it is a good harddrive, if it bothers you, try scorpio blue instead, it's very silent
 
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